37th annual conference (2011)

Quality assessment Prep to Year 10: Towards consistency in a national context

August 2, 2018

37th annual conference (2011), Janice Chee

Australia is developing a national curriculum made up of content descriptions and achievement&#160,standards. In this context a more nationally consistent approach to assessment seems inevitable.At the same time, there is…

Assessment on the basis of essay writing in the admission to the master’s degree in the Republic of Azerbaijan

August 2, 2018

37th annual conference (2011), Javanshir Orujow, Mahabbat Akbarli, Natig Aliyev

The admission examination to the master&#8217,s degree in the Republic of Azerbaijan is conducted in the centralized way by the State Students Admission Commission. The examination is carried out in…

School-based Assessment and Special Provisions in Multicultural Contexts

August 2, 2018

37th annual conference (2011), Natalie Carrigan

This paper examines how Queensland&#8217,s system of externally moderated school-based assessment for Years 11 and 12 enables instruction and assessment to occur in multiculturalcontexts. It explores ways in which schools…

THE CHALLENGES OF ENSURING QUALITY ASSURANCE IN ASSESSMENT IN MULTICULTURAL CONTEXTS: THE CASE OF THE WEST AFRICAN EXAMINATIONS COUNCIL

August 2, 2018

37th annual conference (2011), A. A. Adelakun, Dr. Iyi Uwadiae

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) was established in 1952 by an ordinance in order to bring educational assessment close to the grassroot and was charged with the responsibility of…

Coherence in the Argumentative Essays of ADZU College Freshmen: Assessment of Writing Quality

August 2, 2018

37th annual conference (2011), Marie Shieldred

The study investigated coherence features in students&#8217, argumentative essays for text comprehensibility and overall writing quality. Specifically, it examined (1) the textual features in students&#8217, argumentative essays, (2) the comprehensibility…

TRAINING PRIMARY SCHOOL TEACHERS ACROSS MULTICULTURAL SETTINGS IN NIGERIA USING DISTANCE LEARNING TECHNIQUES: NATIONAL TEACHERS’ INSTITUTE’S EXPERIENCE

August 2, 2018

37th annual conference (2011), Dr. AMINU LADAN SHAREHU

The persistence of vision

August 2, 2018

37th annual conference (2011), Christopher C. Deneen, Gavin T L Brown

There is a significant and growing body of research that indicates teachers&#8217, conceptions of assessment affect their professional relationship to and literacy in assessment. This study examines how a graduate-level…

School Achievements Monitoring Toolkit: Assessment Framework

August 2, 2018

37th annual conference (2011), Elena Kardanova, Peter Nezhnov

The presentation describes the assessment framework of the School Achievements Monitoring Toolkit (SAM) that is being developed by the Center for International Cooperation in Education Development (CICED, Russian Federation).The purpose…

Between policy ideal and success falls the shadow: the challenge of building a literate culture in African home languages and providing access to English

August 2, 2018

37th annual conference (2011), NULL

The South African Constitutions enshrines the right to basic education for all, mentioning both children and adults. It is specific about learners&#8217, right to &#8216,receive education in the official language(s)…

MULTICULTURAL EDUCATION IN MALAYSIAN PERSPECTIVE: INSTRUCTION AND ASSESSMENT

August 2, 2018

37th annual conference (2011), Ph.D. Mohamed Najib Abdul Ghaffar, Sharifah Norsana Syed Abdullah

Malaysian multicultural society is typified by three major ethnic groups, namely Malays, Chinese and Indians. Education system is the best tool for these three major of ethnic groups will work…

37th annual conference (2011)

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